1. Soils Game 11 By : Crysta Hugo Lowndes Co. High School Dr. James Corbett, Agriculture Teacher July 2005 To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Modified for Colorado Soils Curriculum 2006

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3. Soils Game 13 Question: Areas where water slows down and the soil particles settle to the bottom. Check Your Answer Terms for 1

4. Soils Game 14 Answer: Deltas Back to the Game Board Terms for 1

5. Soils Game 15 Question: Fine soil particles like silt and clay deposited by the wind create what type of soils? Terms for 2 Check Your Answer

6. Soils Game 16 Answer: Loess soils Back to the Game Board Terms for 2

7. Soils Game 17 Question: Process that breaks down rock into soil. Terms for 3 Check Your Answer

8. Soils Game 18 Answer: Weathering Back to the Game Board Terms for 3

9. Soils Game 19 Question: Organic material in the soil that comes from living sources. Terms for 4 Check Your Answer

10. Soils Game 110 Answer: Humus Back to the Game Board Terms for 4

11. Soils Game 111 Question: Organisms that can be seen by the unaided eye. Terms for 5 Check Your Answer

12. Soils Game 112 Answer: Macroorganisms Back to the Game Board Terms for 5

13. Soils Game 113 Question: What is available water? Soil Moisture for 1 Check Your Answer

14. Soils Game 114 Answer: Amount of water between field capacity and wilting point Back to the Game Board Soil Moisture for 1

15. Soils Game 115 Question: What is wilting point? Soil Moisture for 2 Check Your Answer

16. Soils Game 116 Answer: the point where the soil has too little water and plants can no longer recover from wilting Back to the Game Board Soil Moisture for 2

17. Soils Game 117 Question: What is adhesion? Soil Moisture for 3 Check Your Answer

18. Soils Game 118 Answer: Attraction of two different molecules – water to soil Water held by adhesion is not available to plant Back to the Game Board Soil Moisture for 3

19. Soils Game 119 Question: What is cohesion? Soil Moisture for 4 Check Your Answer

20. Soils Game 120 Answer: Attraction of 2 similar molecules Water held by cohesion is available to plant Back to the Game Board Soil Moisture for 4

21. Soils Game 121 Question: What is field capacity? Soil Moisture for 5 Check Your Answer

22. Soils Game 122 Answer: When soil contains the maximum amount of available water Back to the Game Board Soil Moisture for 5

23. Soils Game 123 Question: If most of the soil is formed into peds and can be handled without breaking up, what kind of structure does it have? Structure for 1 Check Your Answer

24. Soils Game 124 Answer: Strong Back to the Game Board Structure for 1

25. Soils Game 125 Question: Soil texture is the ______ of sand, silt and clay in a soil sample. Structure for 2 Check Your Answer

26. Soils Game 126 Answer: Percentage Back to the Game Board Structure for 2

27. Soils Game 127 Question: peds are held together by _____. Structure for 3 Check Your Answer

28. Soils Game 128 Answer: Humus Back to the Game Board Structure for 3

29. Soils Game 129 Question: What is a clod? Structure for 4 Check Your Answer

30. Soils Game 130 Answer: a mass of soil that is cemented together unnaturally by a soil disturbance Back to the Game Board Structure for 4

31. Soils Game 131 Question: What are six of the seven common soil structures? Structure for 5 Check Your Answer

32. Soils Game 132 Answer: 1.angular blocky 2.granular 3.platy 4.prismatic 5.columnar 6. Crumb 7.subangular blocky Back to the Game Board Structure for 5

33. Soils Game 133 Question: _______ are bacteria that fix nitrogen in the soil. Microorganisms for 1 Check Your Answer

34. Soils Game 134 Answer: Rhizobia Back to the Game Board Microorganisms for 1

35. Soils Game 135 Question: Rhizobia live in ______ on the roots of leguminous plants. Microorganisms for 2 Check Your Answer

36. Soils Game 136 Answer: Nodules Back to the Game Board Microorganisms for 2

37. Soils Game 137 Question: When a plant dies, decomposition returns the nutrients the plant took from the soil back to the soil. What is this know as? Microorganisms for 3 Check Your Answer

38. Soils Game 138 Answer: Carbon Cycle Back to the Game Board Microorganisms for 3

39. Soils Game 139 Question: ______ are one celled organisms that live in moist soil. Microorganisms for 4 Check Your Answer

40. Soils Game 140 Answer: Protozoa Back to the Game Board Microorganisms for 4

41. Soils Game 141 Question: _____ are tiny worms that live in the soil. Many feed on the roots of plants. Microorganisms for 5 Check Your Answer

42. Soils Game 142 Answer: Nematodes Back to the Game Board Microorganisms for 5

43. Soils Game 143 Question: _____ are among the most abundant animals that live in the soil. Other for 1 Check Your Answer

44. Soils Game 144 Answer: Earthworms Back to the Game Board Other for 1

45. Soils Game 145 Question: Earthworms enhance the _____ by burrowing through the layers of soil. Other for 2 Check Your Answer

46. Soils Game 146 Answer: Soil Back to the Game Board Other for 2

47. Soils Game 147 Question: A crop that is grown for organic matter and is turned back into the soil. Other for 3 Check Your Answer

48. Soils Game 148 Answer: Green Manure Back to the Game Board Other for 3

49. Soils Game 149 Question: What is the largest source of organic matter in the soil? Other for 4 Check Your Answer

50. Soils Game 150 Answer: Plant roots Back to the Game Board Other for 4

51. Soils Game 151 Question: Why do producers use summer fallow in a crop rotation? Other for 5 Check Your Answer

52. Soils Game 152 Answer: To conserve water and nitrogen Back to the Game Board Other for 5